Oversight of Diseases and Infectious Disease Epidemics: Content and Guidelines

Article 6 Circular 17/2019/TT-BYT stipulates the monitoring contents for individuals with infectious diseases, carriers of infectious microorganisms, and individuals suspected of having infectious diseases:

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- Full name, age, gender, occupation, contact phone number, address of residence, place of study or work; location and time of infection onset; disease progression, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment process; healthcare facilities attended before the infection; information on laboratory-confirmed causative agents; obstetric history, immunization history and immune status, travel history within and outside the country, exposure history, contact information, and related epidemiological factors;- Economic, cultural, and social conditions at the monitoring location: living standards, lifestyle, living conditions, customs, demographic structure, ethnic structure, and disease structure; geography, climate, and weather conditions including: geographical area, season, temperature, rainfall, humidity, wind direction, and other risk factors.

For infectious agents: strain, species, group, type, subtype, gene, genotype, biological characteristics concerning drug resistance, morphological changes, genes, and transmission methods.

For disease vectors:

- Animals: quantity, relationship with humans, and other characteristics as required. Specifically for insects, additional monitoring on: biological characteristics, species composition, monitoring indices, and chemical sensitivity;- Food: ingredients, origin, preparation method, storage, transportation, and distribution;- Environment: soil, water, and air;- Other objects carrying infectious agents.

Additionally, based on infectious diseases and epidemics, monitoring subjects, monitoring requirements, and the responsible monitoring units will select appropriate monitoring contents.

See the full regulation at Circular 17/2019/TT-BYT, effective from September 1, 2019.

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